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Galerius
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Galerius

Roman emperor

Born AD 258 · died 5 May AD 311, aged 52 or 53
Also known as Emperor of Rome Galerius, Emperor of Rome Galerios, Valerius Maximus Galerius

Who was alive at the same time as Galerius?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  3. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  4. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  5. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  6. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  7. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  8. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  9. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  10. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  11. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  12. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  13. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  14. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  15. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  16. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  17. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  18. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  19. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  20. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  21. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  22. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  23. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  24. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384

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When Galerius was born, Plotinus was 52 or 53, Aurelian was 43 or 44, Anthony the Great was 6 or 7, Constantius Chlorus was 7 or 8 and Pope Marcellus I was 2 or 3.

When Galerius died, Athanasius of Alexandria was 14 or 15, Pope Damasus I was 5 or 6, Anthony the Great was 59 or 60, Maxentius was 32 or 33 and Shapur II was 1 or 2.

Born during Galerius’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Damasus I, Eusebius, Saint Lucy, Catherine of Alexandria and Licinius.

Not quite contemporaries: Nagarjuna died about 6 years before Galerius was born, Origen died about 4 years before Galerius was born, Martin of Tours was born about 5 years after Galerius died and Pope Cornelius died about 5 years before Galerius was born.

Where Galerius’s contemporaries were born

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The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Galerius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 285.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  7. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  8. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Arius 250s – AD 336
  11. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  12. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  13. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  14. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  15. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  16. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  17. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  18. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  19. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  21. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  22. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  23. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  24. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  25. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  26. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  27. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  28. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  29. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  30. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  31. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  32. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  33. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  34. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  35. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  36. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  37. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  38. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  39. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  40. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  41. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  42. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  43. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  44. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  45. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  46. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  47. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  48. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  49. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  50. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  51. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  52. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  53. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  54. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  55. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  56. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  57. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  58. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  59. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  60. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  61. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  62. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  63. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303